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Cash job, id be pricing at £350 painted.
Try and get them to have it unpainted, at £250.
I always overprice stuff if they want it painted, i hate painting!!
Im lucky to have access to machinery that makes things easy. Most of the box could be cut in only a few cuts, theres lots of bits the same length, stack cut them to save time if you can.
Make the gate first, then use that as a jig for tacking up the side panels.
Do most of the welds downhill, and face ones in the flat. Only one turn required.
I could bung that out in about 3 hours unpainted. £30 to cover odds, £40 p/h. not bad.
As mentioned above though, its all down to the gear you have, and partly your own skill.
Can you work fast and still get it right?
I have done jobs for myself before, where its taken twice as long as expected. You win some, you loose some. If all goes really badly, £5 p/h is better than nothing if you dont depend on it for anything other than beer money.
Whatever happens, youll never make as much as you can drink in an hour
Try and get them to have it unpainted, at £250.
I always overprice stuff if they want it painted, i hate painting!!
Im lucky to have access to machinery that makes things easy. Most of the box could be cut in only a few cuts, theres lots of bits the same length, stack cut them to save time if you can.
Make the gate first, then use that as a jig for tacking up the side panels.
Do most of the welds downhill, and face ones in the flat. Only one turn required.
I could bung that out in about 3 hours unpainted. £30 to cover odds, £40 p/h. not bad.
As mentioned above though, its all down to the gear you have, and partly your own skill.
Can you work fast and still get it right?
I have done jobs for myself before, where its taken twice as long as expected. You win some, you loose some. If all goes really badly, £5 p/h is better than nothing if you dont depend on it for anything other than beer money.
Whatever happens, youll never make as much as you can drink in an hour